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Resilience planning built for organizations like yours.

CCG Advisors delivers cybersecurity GRC consulting and continuity planning for nonprofits and small businesses — organizations that face real compliance obligations but can't afford enterprise tools or enterprise prices.

$200K+
Annual cost of enterprise GRC platforms — out of reach for most organizations
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Peer-reviewed methodology
Published · Purdue University
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Pursuing FedRAMP 3PAO accreditation
A2LA ISO/IEC 17020:2026 pathway
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CDER Platform
Proprietary COOP & BCP assessment tool
Where we are — and where we're going
Founded
CCG Advisors LLC formed July 2026. EIN issued. SAM.gov registered.
You are here
Discovery Phase
Accepting first clients. Building relationships. Delivering assessments.
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A2LA Accreditation
ISO/IEC 17020:2026 Cybersecurity Inspection Body accreditation in progress.
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FedRAMP 3PAO
Recognized Third Party Assessment Organization. One of ~60 nationally.
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Full Practice
3PAO assessments, GovRAMP, CMMC, and subscription advisory at scale.
What we do

GRC consulting grounded in real expertise.

We help nonprofits and small businesses document their resilience, meet compliance requirements, and build continuity plans that actually hold up when something goes wrong.

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CDER Assessment
Our peer-reviewed maturity assessment walks through your COOP and BCP readiness across four levels — Concept, Define, Engage, and Resilient. You receive a scored report and a prioritized roadmap.
GRC & Compliance Consulting
From HIPAA and CJIS to NIST CSF and FedRAMP readiness — we help you understand your obligations, close your gaps, and build documentation that satisfies auditors and regulators.
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FedRAMP 3PAO (Coming)
We are actively pursuing A2LA ISO/IEC 17020:2026 accreditation to become an accredited FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization. This pathway is underway — not yet complete.
📌 A note on where we are
CCG Advisors was founded in July 2026. We are in our discovery phase — actively working with our first clients, building our accreditation pathway, and pursuing federal grant partnerships with Purdue University. We are not a large firm. We are a small, credentialed team that will give your organization direct, expert attention. If you are a nonprofit or small business looking for affordable GRC guidance and a long-term partner, we would like to hear from you now.
Finally — enterprise-grade resilience planning without the enterprise price tag.
Dr. Samuel Cloud · Founder, CCG Advisors LLC

Discovery phase

We're talking to nonprofits and small businesses now.

If your organization needs a COOP plan, a compliance assessment, or just wants to understand where you stand — reach out. Discovery conversations are free and there is no obligation.

What we offer

Services designed for
organizations with real budgets.

We do not offer one-size-fits-all packages. Every engagement starts with understanding your organization, your obligations, and what you actually need.

Core Service

CDER Maturity Assessment

The CDER assessment is our proprietary evaluation of your organization's COOP and Business Continuity posture — built on a peer-reviewed framework developed at Purdue University.

You receive a scored maturity report across four levels (Concept → Define → Engage → Resilient) and a prioritized remediation roadmap that tells you exactly what to do next.

Starting at
$400
Standalone assessment + roadmap
84-question assessment across all four CDER maturity levels
Scored results with section-by-section breakdown
Prioritized remediation roadmap — specific, actionable, sequenced
Executive summary suitable for leadership or board presentation
CSV and PDF deliverables
Expert-facilitated — conducted directly with your team
Year-over-year tracking available through subscription
Ongoing Advisory

Subscription Advisory

Monthly subscriptions give your organization ongoing access to CCG Advisors expertise — email Q&A, policy reviews, check-ins, and compliance guidance as you need it.

All tiers include unlimited email. Phone consultations are available at Standard and above. CCG-initiated callback calls are always complimentary and never count toward your monthly allocation.

📌 How it works today
The CDER Platform is currently delivered through expert-facilitated engagements — Dr. Cloud conducts assessments directly with your team. A self-service cloud platform is in development for 2027–2028.
Essentials
$100
/month
Unlimited email — 48hr SLA
CDER Platform access
Business hours
Standard
$200
/month
Unlimited email — 24hr
1×30min call/month
Quarterly check-in
Partner
$500
/month
Same-day email response
4×60min calls/month
Unlimited policy reviews
Dan Mathis direct line
FedRAMP Ready — $1,000/mo · NIST 800-53 mapping, FedRAMP/GovRAMP readiness, 3PAO preparation, unlimited calls.
Launch packages available: Assessment + 3 months subscription from $500. Professional recommended: $1,500.
Project-Based

GRC & Compliance Consulting

Framework gap analyses, risk assessments, policy development, COOP plan writing, tabletop exercise facilitation, and staff training. Priced per engagement based on scope.

GRC / Framework Assessment $5,000–$10,000
COOP / BCP Plan Development $5,000–$10,000
Training / Tabletop Exercise $1,000–$2,500/session
FedRAMP Readiness Program $10,000–$20,000
NIST CSF, HIPAA, CJIS, and FedRAMP framework alignment
Policy development and documentation support
Risk assessment and business impact analysis
Tabletop exercise design and facilitation
Staff awareness and GRC workforce training
Dan Mathis available for NIST 800-53 deep-dive engagements (federal audit expertise — IRS, CMS, SSA)
In Progress — Target Q1 2027

FedRAMP & GovRAMP 3PAO Assessments

CCG Advisors is actively pursuing accreditation as a FedRAMP Third Party Assessment Organization (3PAO) through A2LA under ISO/IEC 17020:2026. We are not yet accredited.

Once accredited, we will be one of approximately 60 organizations nationwide authorized to conduct official FedRAMP security assessments for Cloud Service Providers seeking federal authorization.

📌 Our honest timeline
A2LA accreditation takes 12–18 months from application. We are in the preparation phase now. If you are a Cloud Service Provider planning a FedRAMP authorization in 2027 or beyond, we welcome early conversations.
FedRAMP Initial Authorization Assessments (when accredited)
Annual Assessment and Continuous Monitoring (ConMon)
GovRAMP assessments for state and local government cloud services
FedRAMP Readiness Assessment available now — not official authorization, but a rigorous pre-assessment that prepares you for the process
NIST 800-53 control mapping available now through FedRAMP Ready subscription tier

Not sure which service fits?

Start with a free discovery conversation. We will tell you honestly what your organization needs — and whether CCG Advisors is the right fit to help you get there.

Who we are

A small, credentialed team
building something meaningful.

We are not a large consulting firm with a marketing department. We are practitioners — people who have spent careers inside compliance, audit, and cybersecurity — building the affordable GRC resource that nonprofits and small businesses have always needed but never had access to.

Our team

The people behind CCG Advisors.

Dr. Samuel Cloud
Founder & Managing Member
Dr. Cloud holds a Doctor of Technology from Purdue University (2026), where his doctoral research produced the peer-reviewed CDER COOP Maturity Model — now the foundation of every CCG Advisors assessment. He has spent years in cybersecurity education and GRC practice, including active work in state government compliance. He founded CCG Advisors to make the tools and expertise he built accessible to the organizations that need them most.
DTech — Purdue University CISSP CompTIA Security+ SAM.gov Registered
Dan Mathis
General Counsel & Member
Dan is an attorney and CISSP who brings deep federal audit experience to CCG Advisors, having managed and supported compliance engagements across IRS, CMS, and SSA. His command of NIST 800-53 controls comes from years of hands-on federal audit work — not textbooks. At CCG Advisors, Dan focuses on building relationships, providing legal counsel, and offering NIST 800-53 subject matter expertise to clients who need it.
Attorney CISSP Federal Audit Experience NIST 800-53 Expert
Academic partnership

Purdue Military Research Institute.

CCG Advisors maintains an active research partnership with the Purdue Military Research Institute (PMRI), directed by Dr. Eric Dietz. This relationship supports federal grant applications in cybersecurity workforce development and GRC research — including active pursuit of NIST RAMPS and NSF CyberTraining funding.

The CDER COOP Maturity Model — the peer-reviewed framework that underlies every CCG Advisors assessment — is published in the Purdue Hammer Research Repository. It was not invented to sell a product. It was developed through rigorous doctoral research and validated by subject matter experts.

Our mission

Why we built this.

Nonprofits and small businesses carry real compliance obligations — HIPAA, CJIS, NIST, FedRAMP — but the tools built to help with those obligations cost $50,000 to $200,000 a year. That gap is not a market inefficiency. It is a failure that leaves millions of organizations — and the communities they serve — unnecessarily exposed.
CCG Advisors LLC — Founded July 2026
What sets us apart

Three things we can honestly say.

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Peer-reviewed methodology
The CDER framework was developed through doctoral research at Purdue University and published in the Hammer Research Repository. Our assessment methodology has academic grounding that no competing product can claim.
Built for your budget
Our subscription tiers start at $100/month. Our launch packages start at $500. We priced our services for the organizations we built them for — not for the enterprise market we are not trying to serve.
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Direct access to expertise
When you work with CCG Advisors, you work directly with Dr. Cloud and Dan Mathis — not a junior analyst. At our stage, every client gets the founders.

We're early. That works in your favor.

Organizations that engage with us now during our discovery phase get direct founder attention, below-market rates, and a long-term partner who is invested in your success from day one.

Get in touch

Let's talk about your organization.

Discovery conversations are free. Tell us where you are, what you're trying to accomplish, and whether CCG Advisors can help. No pitch, no pressure.

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Direct contact

Prefer to reach us directly? Contact Dr. Cloud by email.

Email
sam@cloudconsultinggroupadvisors.com
Dr. Samuel Cloud · Managing Member
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Location
Noblesville, Indiana
Serving clients nationally — all engagements conducted remotely
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Business Hours
Monday – Friday
9:00 AM – 5:00 PM Eastern
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Entity Information
CCG Advisors LLC
EIN: 42-2957177 · UEI: XZUQKKR1ZMB3
cloudconsultinggroupadvisors.com
🔍 Discovery Phase
We are actively seeking our first nonprofit and small business clients. If you reach out now, you will work directly with Dr. Cloud — no account managers, no junior staff. This is an opportunity to get senior-level GRC expertise at our introductory pricing.